Rail-joint.



M. A. STRIPE. BML JOINT. APPLIOATIQN FILED MAY I7, liu,

Patented Mar,.2;191'2 $11, van kai/f JILQMMU @251m ya, 5

UNITED STATES PATET onirica.-

MAHLON A. STRIPE, or GENEVA, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-JOINT.

specificata.; n: man Patent. Patented Mar, 26, 19112," Il

" Application filed Hay 17, 1911,. Serial No. 627,657.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rail-joint- Which shall be so designed and constructed as to be' readily taken apart without the use of bolts or other detachable securing means.

Other objects `will'` appear hereinafter. With Athese objects in view my'invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of part-s all as will be hereinafter more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims. My invention will be more'readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,l l

Figure 1 is an end elevation of av rail end embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of said rail end, Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a securing member einployed in the railsjoint, Fig. 4 is an inside view of said securing member taken before the same is applied to the rail, Fig. 5 is an inside view of a second securing member taken before being applied to the rail, Fig.

v( is an end elevation of said last-narned securing member, and Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the assembled rail-joint.

The preferred form of' construction of my invention as illustrated in the ac companying drawings comprises an ordinary rail having-a base 1, web2, and head 3,

there beingr no bolt-holes or anyspecial formation of the rail preparatory to mak ing the i'ail-joint. 'llie rail securing means which will be presently described is applied to each end of all of the rails of a track, hence it is only necessary to deseribe the construction of such means as applied to one rail end. Broadly the securing means comprises i'nteijnieshing fingers and sockets provided oiithe rail ends, and more specificallyseeuring nieinbersoi' plates in which said lingers and recesses are foi-ined. One ol' said securing members which is. applied toone side of a railcom-A prises a finger 4 extending longitudinally rom a .plate 5t here being recesses 67pro'- vided on either side-of sa-idfinger in the 60 body of' said plate. At one end of said recesses -flanges 7 are provided the edges ofv which lie inthe same plane as the inte-' rior surface of the finger 4. The lateral y edges 8 of the plate '5 Vare beveled aslshown 65 Y .in Figs. 3 and 4, the angle of the bevel c'orresponding .with the bevels of't-he base 1'5 and head 3' of a rail end.` In Aforming' the Joint the plate 5 is inserted' between the base 1 and head 3 of the rail and electrically 70 welded in position, the line of the weld bein indicated by dotted lines in Fig.. 1.. On t e opposite side of the rail end a plate 9 similar to the' plate 5 is provided, the?l main difference being .that two lingers '10 75 r are provided instead of one finger 4 1n plate 5. Also in this plate there is a single recess 11 located between the fingers 10 this recess being designed to receive ager 4 of a rail to which this rail is jointed. A 80 I flange 12 similar to the liange 7 closes the end of the recess 11. Bevel ed es 13 -are provided on this plate which t Abetween the base 1`and' head 3 of the-rail on the op-A posite side thereof fronithat to which plate 5 is welded. Plate 9 is now-welded in` osition as indicated by dotted lines in Ipig.

1, the result-ing rail having three fingers andthree sockets, as each end of eachfra'il` is provided with the two plates. 90'

lIt is 'apparentfroin the foregoing 1description that in order to unite any two' given rail ends provided with fingers and sockets according to my invention itis only necessary to press the fingers into the sockets provided therefor until the rail ends are contiguous, there being nobolts or other detachable securing means, and the spiking of the rails of the rail ties being depended on to prevent creeping and for holding the rails in position.

A rail-joint designed and constructed as set forth .is simpleA of construction and highly eflicient in operation.

While I have illustrated and described the 1.05l

e finger and two finger-sockets welded to one side of a rail end, and a member comprising two fingers and a finger-socket Welded to the op osite side of said rail end, substantially as described.

2.' In a rail-joint, a member comprising a finger and two finger-sockets electrically .welded to one side of, a rail end, and a member comprising two fingers and :t lingersocket electrically welded to the `opposite side of said rail end, substantially as described.

3. In a rail-joint, a member having a 20 finger, two sockets, and two bevel edges fitted and welded to4 a side of ey rail at the endthereof, and a second memberhaving t-Wo ngersfone socket, and two bevel edges fitted and welded to the other side of the rail end, substantiallyas described.

4. In a. rail joint, a. member having a finger, two sockets, and two bevel edges fit.- ted and welded to a side of a. rail :it the end` thereof, and a second member having two fingers,- one socket, and two bevel edges fitted and'welded to the other side of the rail end, said sockets beingdisposed substantially opposite said fingers, substantially as described.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my namel to this specification in 'the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.A

MAHLON A. STRIPE.

Witnesses: V

ARTHUR A. OLSON, JosHUA H. Po'r'rs. 

